Amos 3
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel
3 Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:(A)
2 I have known only you(B)
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.(C)
3 Can two walk together(D)
without agreeing to meet?
4 Does a lion roar(E) in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?
5 Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?
6 If a ram’s horn(F) is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?(G)
If a disaster(H) occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?(I)
7 Indeed, the Lord God does nothing
without revealing his counsel
to his servants the prophets.(J)
8 A lion has roared;(K)
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;(L)
who will not prophesy?(M)
9 Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod(N)
and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:
Assemble on the mountains of Samaria,(O)
and see the great turmoil in the city
and the acts of oppression within it.(P)
10 The people are incapable of doing right(Q) –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
those who store up violence and destruction(R)
in their citadels.
11 Therefore, the Lord God says:
12 The Lord says:
As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,(V)
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed(W)
or the[a] cushion[b] of a couch.[c],(X)
13 Listen and testify(Y) against the house of Jacob –
this is the declaration of the Lord God,
the God of Armies.
14 I will punish the altars of Bethel(Z)
on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;
the horns of the altar(AA) will be cut off
and fall to the ground.(AB)
15 I will demolish the winter house(AC)
and the summer house;(AD)
the houses inlaid with ivory(AE) will be destroyed,
and the great houses(AF) will come to an end.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
阿摩司书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
责备以色列人
3 “以色列人啊，
要听耶和华责备你们的话，
责备我从埃及领出来的整个民族的话，
2 ‘世上万族之中，我只拣选了你们，
所以我要因你们的罪恶而惩罚你们。’”
3 若非相约，
二人怎会同行呢？
4 若非捕到猎物，
狮子怎会在林中咆哮呢？
若非猎获食物，
猛狮怎会在洞中吼叫呢？
5 若非设下诱饵，
鸟儿怎会陷入网罗呢？
若非有什么陷进去，
网罗怎会收起来呢？
6 若城中响起号角，
居民岂不恐惧颤抖？
若灾祸降临城中，
岂不是耶和华的作为？
7 的确，主耶和华不向祂的仆人——众先知显明祂的计划，
就不会采取任何行动。
8 狮子吼叫，谁不惧怕呢？
主耶和华已发言，谁能不传讲呢？
9 要向亚实突和埃及的城堡宣告：
“你们要聚集到撒玛利亚的山上，
看看城中的混乱和暴虐之事。
10 他们不知正道，强取豪夺，
在他们的堡垒中积敛钱财。
这是耶和华说的。”
11 所以，主耶和华说：
“敌人要围攻此地，
攻破他们的防守，
抢掠他们的城堡。”
12 耶和华说：
“牧人从狮口中救羊，
只能夺回两条腿和一块耳朵。
同样，住在撒玛利亚的以色列人被救回的时候，
也仅剩一片床榻和一角卧椅。”
13 主——万军之上帝耶和华说：
“你们要听这话，去警告雅各家。
14 我追讨以色列人的罪时，
要摧毁伯特利的祭坛，
将祭坛的角砍落在地。
15 我要拆毁过冬和避暑的房屋，
捣毁象牙装饰的宫殿，
推倒许多宏伟的楼宇。
这是耶和华说的。”
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